Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this in the spring and the fall, once the seed drop or the leaf drop has finished. Call (866) 435-6328 for a number before you book.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job rather than extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones the crew sees from the ground first: a third story or multi-story buildings with a roof steep enough that we have to work it from a boom or scissor lift, a window count with oversized picture windows that take more time per pane, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Regular cleanings keep the job small. A gutter that has gone two seasons without service takes longer on the roof and more time to flush, and the glass under it carries the grime that came down with the water.
The way to get the exact number is to tell us the stories and the rough window count, and text a photo of the front of the house. For the window washing side, we look at how many panes are on each face of the house and whether the frames and sills are part of the job. For the gutter side, we look at the roofline and where the downspouts discharge. If you have had window washing services done before, tell us when, because the time since the last visit changes how much grime is on the glass. Our window cleaning services are quoted from the exterior panes, so the count you give us matters. Interior and exterior glass are priced differently, and this visit covers the exterior only.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Across Illinois, most of our customers book a window and gutter visit twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and one crew in one visit makes sense for that schedule. The spring visit usually lands in late May to June across Illinois, and in Prospect Heights the fall visit lands in late October to November.
In the spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and tree seed packed into the gutters and downspout elbows. In the fall it is the leaf load and the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs. Across Illinois, the summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move the dates, and a storm that drops limbs into the gutters is a reason to call us sooner.
Some houses, and some residential and commercial buildings, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the frames. We would rather tell you which of those your house has after the first visit than guess on the phone.
The sign that windows need it is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. If you see either, the clogged gutters are usually the first thing to check, because water that cannot leave the run comes down the fascia and the wall beneath it, and that is the route to water damage at the fascia.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
We work on residential properties across Prospect Heights, and the first step is an estimate by phone or text. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will confirm the window count and the gutter work before we book a date. On a window and gutter cleaning visit, the cleaning services cover the gutters and the exterior glass together, with the gutters done first. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, when the seed and the leaves are at their worst. If you want a slot in those weeks, schedule service early rather than waiting for the first warm weekend.
Our crew calls before we come, usually the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when we are on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew works from the outside and does not come inside. Professional window cleaning means every window on the house is done, not just the front face, and purified water is how we remove dirt, so the glass dries without streaks and we use no cleaning solutions on the pane. The same goes for the sill under each pane, which gets wiped as part of the job.
If you have used window cleaners before and had a bad experience, the usual complaint is a crew that did the glass and left the gutters full. We do the gutters first, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto a clean pane. Your curb appeal depends on both, and that is the reason we book them together.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and then do the exterior glass, so nothing dirty from the roof runs onto a clean window. You book one window and gutter cleaning visit with one crew.
The number comes from the stories, the approximate window count and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details. Condos are quoted the same way, from the stories and the window count. Tell us the stories and text a photo of the front of the house.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Even clean interior glass looks hazy from the street when the outside is coated. A residential window with a sprinkler line hitting it shows the spotting first. The exterior is what the sun shows up on the glass.
Across Illinois, most customers book the spring visit in late May to June, and in Prospect Heights the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the leaves come down. Those are the windows after the seed drop, and they are the times the calendar fills up.
No, because we clean the gutters and downspouts first and flush every downspout before we touch the glass. The leaves, grit and black water come down the wall during the gutter work, along with the runoff from the roof, so the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before the windows are done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we do not bill them as extras. Tracks are cleaned on request as part of the window washing, and we tell you about any track that needs more work before we start.
We do not clean the inside of the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. Windows inside the house are not part of this visit. This visit covers the exterior glass and the gutters only. If you want the interior done, tell us and we will schedule it as a separate visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
